Show Business Like Nobody's Business

Webster Bank Arena has taken center stage in Connecticut's thriving sports and entertainment industry, now hosting over 150 world-class events each year. The Arena is a favorite of patrons and promoters alike with its excellent acoustics, seating configurations that vary from 2,000 to 10,000 offering viewers close proximity to the stage, outstanding amenities, and professional staff.

Half a million patrons and scores of promoters each year agree: Webster Bank Arena is a hit!

Webster Bank Arena hosts the top-names in entertainment since opening in 2001. The exciting schedule has included Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Aerosmith, Cirque Du Soleil, The Who, Carrie Underwood, American Idol Tours, John Mayer, Rush, Bob Dylan & Neil Young. Fans enjoy these spectacular shows from excellent locations; each of our 10,000 seats has a prime view of the stage, with the last row just 26 rows from the Arena floor.

An increasingly popular "theater configuration" allows you to customize the capacity to suit your artist while maintaining the theater environment you demand. Artists performing in our theatre have included The Wiggles, Celtic Woman, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and Disney Live!.

"As someone who spends a lot of time in a lot of arenas, it is always a pleasure to find a facility like this where everything runs smoothly and painlessly."

- ANDREW SHARP, AEG Live

Touring shows are a family tradition at Webster Bank Arena - with a proud tradition of success. Whether it's Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice, Monster Jam, WWE Live Events, you name it, if you book it at Webster Bank Arena, they will come.

"It was a pleasure to deal with a venue that would help the show go on."

- JONATHON GRIGGS, Operations Manager, RBBB Circus Blue Unit

Webster Bank Arena is home to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (Top minor league affiliate of the New York Islanders) and the Fairfield Stags men's and women's college basketball teams of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The arena has also hosted NCAA championship tournaments in Women's Basketball and Men's Hockey.

Every event is a special event at Webster Bank Arena. From college graduations, to the State Republican Convention, the Bridgeport Diocese 50th Anniversary Celebration, or corporate events for People's United Bank, GE's Children's Holiday Party, and the SUBWAY Employee Rally, Webster Bank Arena offers maximum flexibility to create the perfect ambiance for any occasion. Our knowledgeable and helpful staff is experienced in every type of event, and they are prepared to meet your every need. Our in-house gourmet caterer is eager to serve you as well. Next event, make it a special event - at Webster Bank Arena.

Trade and consumer shows at Webster Bank Arena are good business. Inside this beautifully designed venue, you'll find 23,000 square feet of first-class exhibition space on the Arena floor and 16,000 usable feet on the Arena concourse. You'll find the power specifications you need: ISDN high-speed Internet, telephone lines, small portable sound systems, wireless access and more. It's why you'll find annual shows such as the Home Show at Harbor Yard, Connecticut Magazine Bridal Expo and the Connecticut Better Living & Home Expo doing business here. We meet their needs - so they can focus on business and meet others' needs.

Webster Bank Arena: The Facts

Webster Bank Arena is an elegantly designed venue, unparalleled in Connecticut and surpassing the best of its size in the industry. Located in prestigious Fairfield County, one of the nation's wealthiest communities, the Arena's market area includes nearly two million residents. Webster Bank Arena is easily accessible - located directly off Interstate 95 and adjacent to the Bridgeport Transportation Center (which serves bus companies, Amtrak, and Metro-North) and the Port Jefferson Ferry to Long Island.

IN THE ARENA

Arena Floor: 23,000 square feet

Concourse: 16,000 useable square feet

Arena seating capacity varies from 2,000 to 10,000

Every seat is a prime location with the last row only 26 rows from the floor

Entire concourse ground level

Full StageRight stage with barricade, 3 sets of stairs and a ramp, in-house capability of providing up to 80' x 52' stage.

Standard Spalding basketball floor

Trade Show (8'x10') - 171 Booths, (10'x10') - 150 Booths

10 Breakout Rooms 30-200 capacity

State of the art Daktronics scoreboard that stands 30x16 ft., with six-millimeter pixels, and is complemented by a Sony HD system.

A digital ribbon board surrounds the perimeter of the arena. This ribbon board is over 800 linear feet.

RIGGING

88,000 lb. rigging capacity, extending over 85% of Arena floor

Low steel 68'

Flexible black curtaining system, with ability to separate Arena into any seating capacity ranging from 2,000 to 10,000